Ireland Women's Squad Named For Amsterdam Sevens

The Ireland Women's Sevens squad to participate in the Amsterdam leg of the IRB Women's Sevens World Series this Friday and Saturday has been named.

The Amsterdam Sevens tournament is the fifth and final round of the IRB Women's Sevens World Series, with Jon Skurr's Ireland side currently placed 13th in the overall standings.

Speaking ahead of the tournament, Ireland team manager Gillian McDarby said: "Whilst our first season on the World Series has been challenging for the squad, we have shown great signs of improvement throughout the last few tournaments with evident progression.

"It has been a massive learning curve for us and at the same time very exciting, especially developing the talent we have brought into rugby through the Talent ID programme and developing the players already within rugby, providing them with opportunities to develop even further."

The travelling squad includes one new cap in Hannah Tyrrell, the Dublin Ladies Gaelic football goalkeeper who plays rugby with Old Belvedere. She has lined out for the Leinster Women's Development team this season.

Ireland have been drawn in Pool B with defending champions and current series leaders New Zealand as well as Spain and USA.

All the action from the final round of the IRB Women's Sevens World Series in Amsterdam will be streamed live on wsws.irb.com from 12.20pm local time/11.20am Irish time on Friday.